nowhere noverre (2006)

"Like a conductor of space, Fabian Chyle puts the two revolving screens on the dance floor into motions, keeps creating new spatial situations for, and perspective on, his three dancers. 'nowhere noverre', the final stage creation in the Multiple Choice series by the Stuttgart-based choreographer that now had its premiere at Theaterhaus, has very little in common with the eruptive body theatre so familiar from Chyle’s past performances. While more subdued in its expression and its form of movement, this dance production is of equal intensity.
Which is partially due to the charismatic personalities of the dancers with whom Chyle works here, representing three different generations."
Stuttgarter Zeitung

In nowhere noverre, choreographer Fabian Chyle plays with templates and quotes, originals and copies taken from classic dance. He develops these elements into a seemingly traditional and yet original language of music and dance.
One of the most conservative and time-honoured dance languages is that of the classic ballet. Formalisations dating back to the seventeenth century have been handed down to us and continue to be practiced to this day. The writings of dance theoretician and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1809) not only contributed to the process of passing on this language, but he also called for a reorientation of the dance toward an autonomous genre.
Any language – including that of the body – is conserved, handed down and passed on through repetition. nowhere noverre shows the traces of this language, deconstructs text, dance and music, brining their codes to the surface of the action.
In order to investigate these codes, Fabian Chyle worked with dancers of three generations including Jaap Flier, founding member of the Nederlands Danstheater, drawing on the classical and the contemporary repertoire.